Fintech Week Objectives

In 2014, we successfully organised London’s largest Fintech Festival. In 2015, we’re going bigger. London has a thriving Fintech community. Our aim once again is to unite the world of Fintech in the world’s financial capital. We want to enhance the dialog between established multi-nationals and disruptive start-ups. We are shining a spotlight on the leaders of the Fintech revolution.We love disruptive technology that makes a positive change, so we’re celebrating it

Overview

Target Audience

With 5 major themes, a variety of events, spanning several days and nights there’s something for everyone. We’ve received positive feedback from people who work in Banks, Investment, Start-ups, Insurance, Accounting, Legal, Data, Technology, Marketing, User Experience, Retail, Payments, Trading and other services. Our speakers are from these industries as well. Keep an eye on the agenda and book a session that matches your interests.

Some of Last Year’s Speakers

Samad Masood

Program Director,Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab

Brings banks together with Fintech start-ups.

Justin
Basini

CMPO,Zapp Mobile Payments

Will change mobile payments in the UK.

Jeff Lynn

CEO & Co-Founder,Seedrs

Helping companies leverage equity crowdfunding.

Michael

Kent

Founder,Azimo

Makes sending money across borders easier for all.

“The response from the Fintech community has been outstanding. I’m proud to say that this initiative has come together from the ground up. “

Luis Carranza

Founder of Fintech Week

Nick
Amin

Group Transformation Director & COO,Aviva

Championing Fintech Innovation.

Taavet
Hinrikus

Co-Founder,Transferwise

Making money transfers more transparent.

Con
Keating

Head of Research,Brighton Rock

All around financial expert.

Jess
Williamson

Director,TechStars

Launching the new Barclays Accelerator.

Last Year’s London Fintech Week Agenda

Markets, Trading & Investment: Mini-Conference, Day 124 March 2014

9:30 — 17:30

An overview of how technology is disrupting exchanges, forex and markets. Featuring talks, panels, start-up demos and plenty of networking.

Barclays Accelerator

Money & Payments: Mini-Conference, Day 225 March 2014

9:30 — 17:30

A series of talks, panels & Q&A sessions on money, payments and virtual currency broken up by networking sessions and start-up demos

Fintech Week VIP Party: Speakers, sponsors and VIPs will gather for drinks and nibbles at at Level 39. Meet and Mingle with London’s Fintech leaders at a venue with one of the best views of London. Very limited ticket availability.

Fintech StartUp Hackathon Weekend, in partnership with Aviva, provides a platform for innovation and StartUps who are disrupting the Financial Services to showcase their talent and ideas. Kicking off on Friday night, StartUps will have 54 hours to build their idea into a working prototype or product before presenting to a panel of judges on Sunday evening. Follow @AvivaInnovation for the latest updates.

Innovation Warehouse

Coinscrum BitCoin & Virtual Currency Meetup, Day 831 March 2014

18:00 — 22:00

CoinScrum London is currently the largest Bitcoin related networking group in the world. We’ve been hosting popular educational and networking events over the course of the last year.

RML Startupbootcamp

All Agency Meetup: Day 901 April 2014

18:30 — 21:30

The All Agency Meetup has a marketing and media edge. It will touch on financial services and marketing, including digital marketing and banking user experience. We’ll also have a few Fintech start-up demos. Networking is at the heart of this Meetup.

RML Startupbootcamp

Fintech Branding Workshop: Day 1002 April 2014

10:00 — 12:00

Are you so close to your Fintech business idea that you struggle to envision your brand? In this session with Jog Limited and Nucco Brain, you’ll take a new idea right through to brand basics and learn the power of blending brand and business thinking. Attendees will be introduced to a basic branding process for their Fintech product and service, and be exposed to how to tell an effective brand story.